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Inside the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek

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For the best preserved Roman temples you have to travel to Baalbek. The ruins will impress you in their magnitude, while you can also find delicate decorations in the stones.
Construction actually took so long, over 300 years, that some temples were never finished, because Constantine decided the Roman Empire should become Christian. This was the end of a three-God cult, a basilica was built on top of some pagan constructions, and the Arabs later added defensive walls around the complex and turned it into a citadel. Wars and earth quakes took their toll, but what remains are anyway overwhelming constructions. Walking up the stairs towards the propylaea, you feel that this place of worship was built to impress. As you go through the entrance, the Hexagonal and Great Court open up to you, while you see the Temple of Jupiter on a still higher platform.
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